Ultrasound
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I do not own Numb3rs or any of the characters that appear on the
show, nor do I make any profit from it.
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The middle of February found Robin and Don together at the doctors waiting for her next ultrasound. Robin was 20 weeks along and as they were sitting in the waiting room they were still debating on whether or not they should find out the baby's sex.
"I think we should find out," Robin argued. "It will make picking a name much easier, we will only have to choose one name instead of a boy name and a girl name."
"Don't you want to be surprised though?" Don retorted.
"Don, I'm sick of you referring to the baby as 'It', if we find out the baby's sex we can finally start calling the baby 'he', or 'she', or by a name when we choose one. And then we can pick a color for the nursery and start buying more gender specific clothes and what not." Robin didn't think she could go another five months without knowing. Robin didn't really have a preference if the baby was a boy or girl as long as he or she was healthy.
Don knew this wasn't an argument he was going to win. "Okay, you have a point. Let's find out if our baby will be a boy or a girl."
"Good, I knew you'd realize that I'm right." Robin smirked at him.
Don didn't get a chance to vocalize his comeback because just then a nurse came out and led them back to an exam room. It was only a moment before the ultrasound technician, Sandra, came in.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Brooks, Agent Eppes. Shall we get started?" Robin pulled her shirt up to expose her slightly protruding belly.
"Everything looks good . Your baby has a nice strong heartbeat." Sandra pointed to the screen, "Here is a foot, and here's the baby's head." she pointed to another spot on the screen, she waited a few moments before asking, "Do you want to know your baby's sex?"
"Yes, please." Don spoke as Robin nodded.
Robin squeezed Don's hand, he looked nervous and excited at the same time. The room was silent for a few moments before Sandra spoke again, "It's a boy!"
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That night Don and Robin lay in bed together, Robin was curled up next to Don, her head resting on his stomach. Don was leaning against the headboard reading a John Grisham novel, she had abandoned her file several minutes ago when her attention started drifting away from it. Don had one hand resting on her stomach, she could feel the baby moving around inside her but he wasn't kicking hard enough yet for his daddy to feel.
When Don finished the chapter he was reading he set the book on the night stand next to the bed and slid down a little further as Robin snuggled closer to him.
"What do think of the name Samuel, Sam for short?" Robin asked.
"Nah, there was this bully Sam Titschell, who used to pick on Charlie all through middle school, I had more than one go-round with him." Don replied.
They lay in silence before Don spoke again, "What was your dad's name?" Robin never talked much about her father, he died when she was 10 during a bank robbery at the bank he worked at.
"Everyone called him Bob, but his real name was Benjamin, my dads uncle who lived with them when my dad was little, was Benjamin also, so my dad was called Bob to avoid confusion."
"How about we name him Benjamin, Ben, after your dad?" Don suggested
Robin thought for a moment, "Ben Eppes. I like that."
The couple shared a kiss before Don asked, "What about a middle name?"
Robin threaded her fingers through his and gently rubbed his knuckles, "Don. Benjamin Don Eppes."
Don pondered the name and smiled, "I like that."
He placed his hands on the slight bump of her belly and whispered next to it, "What do you think, Benjamin Don Eppes?"
Robin laughed as she felt him doing somersaults, "I think he likes it."
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